The Martin Luther King Quotes You’ve Never Heard Because They Shatter The Sterilized Version Of Him

This MLK greatest hits album doesn’t actually exist *yet*, but it’s a pretty damned good idea.

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Now of course, this video is meant to be satirical, but it does end on an incredibly truthful note:

“Let’s not sanitize a great forward-thinking man into a our nation’s feel-good corporate diversity coach. This MLK day, share ‘The Deep Cuts.’ Because there’s no better way to honor a great man’s legacy than actually knowing what it is.”

So in the spirit of honoring MLK’s legacy beyond “I Have A Dream,” take a look at some of his more “radical” quotes below.


On war


On materialism

On capitalism

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